It has survived in American English which really annoys some people. Curiosity made me google it, and it looks like Shakespeare used it in his play Richard lll

"With much ado at length have gotten leave,
To look upon my sometimes royal master's face."

Variationsof it are still in use. "ill-gotten gains" etc

It has survived in American English which really annoys some people. Curiosity made me google it, and it looks like Shakespeare used it in his play Richard lll
"With much ado at length have gotten leave,
To look upon my sometimes royal master's face."
Variationsof it are still in use. "ill-gotten gains" etcJonothon

Indeed. American English preserves all sorts of ancient usages and pronunciations; "dove" for example, a past form of the verb to "dive". Also, most speakers of American English are still rhotic, pronouncing the post vocalic /r/ in words like "farmer" etc, something which started dropping out of "polite" English around 1700. (We know this because people used to write to newspapers to complain about it!)

Indeed. American English preserves all sorts of ancient usages and pronunciations; "dove" for example, a past form of the verb to "dive". Also, most speakers of American English are still rhotic, pronouncing the post vocalic /r/ in words like "farmer" etc, something which started dropping out of "polite" English around 1700. (We know this because people used to write to newspapers to complain about it!)Firedrake